Northwest Airlines Accepts Paypal?

Northwest Airlines has announced that it will begin accepting Paypal as a payment method on its website. Why? Apparently, there is a demand for this. Stephanie Tilenius, vice president of merchant services for PayPal, said in a Northwest Airlines Press Release:

“We are excited to add Northwest Airlines, one of the world’s largest airlines, as the first airline to accept PayPal. Many of our customers already book travel with Northwest Airlines and are eager to use their PayPal accounts to do so.”

We guess Northwest Airlines is the eBay of airlines, so that makes sense. Their planes have that “yard sale full of late 70’s stuff” feeling.